The Federal Government aims to offer a healthier diet to students, through more balanced menus, by reducing to 15% the limit of processed and ultra-processed foods in public school menus by 2025. The measure was announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasilia.

The president spoke about the impacts of the change during the 6th edition of the National Meeting of the National School Meals Program (PNAE). The reduction will be made through an amendment to Resolution No. 6/2020, which establishes the PNAE guidelines. Nationwide, the initiative will affect 40 million students in nearly 150,000 public schools, which provide approximately 10 billion meals per year.